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This week’s Geek asks us to list those books we’ve always meant to read and just have not yet ever gotten around to. (perhaps, this sounds better: just not yet have gotten to –or– just never read yet, –or– whatever.)
I have a huge list of books I’ve always said I would read someday and it includes Anna Karenina, Moby Dick, and even Harry Potter.
But this book, I swear, I’ve been lugging around with me since college and I still have only read a few of the poems. No, can’t be college – the copyright date is the year after I graduated. I don’t remember when or why I bought this and I cannot tell you any good reason why I’ve not opened and read it yet:
The Erotic Works of D.H.Lawrence
On the other hand (and with nothing to do with DH Lawrence), I do want to say I’ve recently read a few titles after many years of wishing to: A Prayer for Owen Meany, The Color Purple and The Pillars of the Earth. Yea me!
C’mon–you know you totally got this because it said erotic in the title!
I have been meaning for years to read Anna Karenina and just today I requested it on CD from the library. I figure that is the only way I’m ever going to get to it. Maybe I’ll do Bleak House the same way!
YEP! You are probably right!!
I looked into trying the audio AK but the quantity of discs is more intimidating than the page count.
i’m still struggling to get through ‘the book thief’…sad but true! all my blogging friends LOVE it and i can’t get into it.
i’m going to try again because i don’t like to give up on books.
Anna Karenina is something I have been wanting to read too but I just don’t have the motivation. Even the Harry Potter books but having seen the movies, the motivation is even less.
k so I know you know this yourself but you must read this D H Lawrence is mind blowingly confusing, yet awesome at the same time.
You finally finished Pillars! I am so proud of you!! Incidentally, is there a particular order I should read the two you loaned me?
@Nat, it’s OK! I feel bad that you are trying SO HARD to like it! We lovers of books must be kind and gentle with each other so give it up if you just can’t do it. It’s OK! Besides, this will allow me to forgive myself for not finishing Pillars of the Earth.
@Violet – I think it’s hard to read books when you already know the story – I think I’m just too impatient? and then, there’s Harry Potter. I swear it’s the long book issue. It takes serious motivation.
@Jodie – Mind blowingly confusing, huh? oh boy. Someday – really, someday will arrive and I will AT LEAST get through Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
@KB – I sent you and email that said NO, didn’t really finish TPOTE and read the Nash books in order of publishing dates. Okiedokie?
And now I’m sitting here thinking, why haven’t *I* read it yet? I love Lawrence. I should probably focus on the two unread books of his I have on my stacks, though
Yes, Nymeth – WHAT are you thinking?! get back to choosing ONLY books you already have! hee hee.
Well, I have not even got around to answering the question yet. I know I have several classics I should read & want to read, but my crime fiction tends to get in the way. I have just ordered four classics for my 19-year-old daughter who wanted to move on from children´s literature in English so perhaps …
HI Dorte! I’ve been trying for two days to leave a comment on your blog and it keeps blocking me. I’ll try again, I promise.
I’m a strong believer that even if we “want” to read a book, we must wait for it to want us to read it.
Maybe this book was just waiting for the right moment for you.